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The twelve sons form the basis for the twelve tribes of Israel, listed in the order from oldest to youngest: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. Jacob was known to display favoritism among his children, particularly for Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of his favorite wife, Rachel, and ...
The Israelites ( / ˈɪzrəlaɪts, - riə -/; [1] [2] Hebrew: בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, Bənēy Yīsrāʾēl, transl. 'Children of Israel ') were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan. [3] [4] They were also an ethnoreligious group.
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Ephraim ( Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם, ʾEp̄rayīm, in pausa: אֶפְרָיִם, ʾEp̄rāyīm) was one of the tribes of Israel. The Tribe of Manasseh together with Ephraim formed the House of Joseph. It is one of the ten lost tribes. The etymology of the name is disputed. [1]
The Twelve Stones ( Hebrew: מצבות, romanized : maṣṣəwoṯ) are steles, a common form of marking a spectacular religious event in the days of Kingdom of Judah before the time of King Josiah ( Deuteronomy 27:1–8 ). [1] According to the Bible, the steles were specifically placed in a circle at Gilgal, where the heads of each tribe ...
Jacob first appears in the Book of Genesis, originating from the Hebrew tradition in the Torah. Described as the son of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandson of Abraham, Sarah, and Bethuel, Jacob is presented as the second-born among Isaac's children. His fraternal twin brother is the elder, named Esau, according to the biblical account.
Map of the twelve tribes of Israel; Simeon is shaded gold, in the south Map of Simeon's territory (east is on the top of the map) According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe consisted of descendants of Simeon, the second son of Jacob and of Leah, from whom it took its name.
Tribe of Gad. According to the Bible, the Tribe of Gad ( Hebrew: גָּד, Modern: Gad, Tiberian: Gāḏ, "soldier" or "luck") was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel who, after the Exodus from Egypt, settled on the eastern side of the Jordan River. It is one of the ten lost tribes .
Tribe of Levi. According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob. The descendants of Aaron, who was the first High Priest of Israel, were designated as the priestly class, the Kohanim . The Tribe of Levi served particular religious duties for the Israelites and had ...